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Blue Clay Spring

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Elevation
1,010 m
Tallest summit within 18.1 miles
Spanish Mountain3,064 m · 17.0 mi
Sunset, June solstice
20:20local time
Coordinates
36.8368, -119.1846
Blue Clay Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Clay Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded 1,010 m. Spanish Mountain stands 3,064 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Oat Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away.

Elevation
1010 m

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Blue Clay Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spanish MountainENE 73°3,064 m17.0 mi
Hoffman MountainNE 54°2,885 m18.0 mi
Dome of the Immaculate ConceptionNNE 32°2,805 m17.9 mi
Hall MountainNE 36°2,621 m16.5 mi
Patterson MountainNE 37°2,479 m11.8 mi
Buena Vista PeakESE 118°2,321 m18.1 mi
Converse MountainE 95°2,207 m13.2 mi
Sugarpine HillNE 54°2,140 m13.7 mi

Named places within 25 miles

Springs: 32
Waterfalls: 8
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:09
June solstice05:3919:4120:20
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0716:0416:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464853586573818176665345
Precip in5.64.95.12.61.40.40.20.00.21.42.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 7 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs34.551.172.41273094731498.88.19.410.813.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Kings R BL Balch Div Dam CA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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